Kim Dalton

Kim Dalton is Adjunct Professor at the School of Communication and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast. In 2007 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for service to the film and television industry in policy, assistance to Indigenous producers and in the promotion of emerging visual technology. Kim has worked in the Australian and international film and television industry since 1973. From 1984 to 1987 he was General Manager of the Melbourne-based screen resource organisation, Open Channel.  From 1999, as CEO of the Australian Film Commission, Kim Dalton was responsible for overhauling its development programs, expanding its screen culture programmes and ensuring the agency’s and industry’s engagement with digital and online technology, production and distribution. As the Director of ABC TV from 2006 to 2013 he took ABC TV into the digital era, significantly expanding its broadcast and online services. He overhauled ABC TV’s organisational structure and its production model, and obtained significant additional funding for increased Australian drama, documentary, Indigenous and children’s programming.

His interview for Satellite Dreaming Revisited was recorded at his home in Sydney in December 2020, via Zoom with Tony Dowmunt in the UK.